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Coverage from the

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2016 Annual Meeting

June 03 - 07, 2016; Chicago, Illinois

June 03 - 07, 2016 Chicago, Illinois

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ASCO Stent in Colorectal Cancer Reduces Need for Stoma The use of a stent to unblock the bowel in colorectal cancer patients before surgery, rather than emergency surgery, significantly reduces the need for a stoma.
Medscape Medical News, June 10, 2016
ASCO No Reduction in Aggressive Care for Advanced Cancer The majority (75%) of advanced cancer patients receive aggressive care. We need to stop this 'pernicious pattern of care,' says expert.
Medscape Medical News, June 9, 2016
ASCO Largest Liquid Biopsy Study: Compares With Tissue Sampling 'Oncologists are excited about ctDNA analysis, although further refinement of these techniques is required,' said Rafael Rosell, MD.
Medscape Medical News, June 9, 2016

Meeting Highlights At A Glance

Top News From ASCO 2016: Slideshow Highlights include practice-changing research in glioma, multiple myeloma, pancreatic and breast cancer, and a novel web app that ups lung cancer survival.

Conference News

ASCO Value Frameworks in Cancer Care: A Beginning, Not the Solution
Medscape Medical News, June 28, 2016
ASCO Lenalidomide Maintenance 'Clear Standard' After Transplant
Medscape Medical News, June 27, 2016
ASCO CPX-351 New Standard of Care for High-Risk AML
Medscape Medical News, June 27, 2016
ASCO Oncologists Discuss Bestseller: When Breath Becomes Air
Medscape Medical News, June 23, 2016
ASCO New Triplet Therapy in Multiple Myeloma
Medscape Medical News, June 22, 2016
ASCO Finally, RCT Results for Proton Therapy in a Cancer
Medscape Medical News, June 21, 2016
ASCO Can Patients Discontinue Immunotherapy and Still Benefit?
Medscape Medical News, June 20, 2016
ASCO Encouraging Results With Nivolumab in Metastatic Anal Cancer
Medscape Medical News, June 15, 2016
ASCO Treating 'Out-of-the-Box' Melanoma Patients With Anti-PD-1s
Medscape Medical News, June 14, 2016
ASCO Novel Antibody Increases Survival in Advanced Gastric Cancer
Medscape Medical News, June 14, 2016
ASCO CAR T-cell Therapy: Getting a Handle on Toxicity
Medscape Medical News, June 14, 2016
ASCO Largest Global Survey: Where Are Cancer Drugs Affordable?
Medscape Medical News, June 10, 2016
ASCO Stent in Colorectal Cancer Reduces Need for Stoma
Medscape Medical News, June 10, 2016
ASCO Web App Ups Lung Cancer Survival by 7 Months
Medscape Medical News, June 9, 2016
ASCO No Reduction in Aggressive Care for Advanced Cancer
Medscape Medical News, June 9, 2016
ASCO Largest Liquid Biopsy Study: Compares With Tissue Sampling
Medscape Medical News, June 9, 2016
ASCO VP Biden Addresses Oncologists, Urges Collaboration
Medscape Medical News, June 8, 2016
ASCO Novel Antibody Shows Efficacy in Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Medscape Medical News, June 7, 2016

ASCO What Will You Tell Breast Cancer Patients About MA-17R?
Medscape Medical News, June 6, 2016
ASCO Age Not an Issue: Chemo Also for Elderly Glioblastoma
Medscape Medical News, June 6, 2016
ASCO Daratumumab Combo: New Standard of Care in Multiple Myeloma
Medscape Medical News, June 6, 2016
ASCO High-risk Neuroblastoma: Intensified Therapy Ups Survival
Medscape Medical News, June 6, 2016
ASCO Atezolizumab for Bladder Cancer: 'Provocative' OS
Medscape Medical News, June 5, 2016
ASCO Intraperitoneal Chemo for Ovarian Cancer Revisited?
Medscape Medical News, June 5, 2016
ASCO 'Huge' Survival Benefit, New Standard of Care in Glioma
Medscape Medical News, June 5, 2016
ASCO 'Incredibly Rapid' Enrollment in Breast Cancer Study. Why?
Medscape Medical News, June 5, 2016
ASCO 'Comparable' Efficacy and Safety for Trastuzumab Biosimilar
Medscape Medical News, June 4, 2016
ASCO Immunotherapy Shows Encouraging Results in Neuroblastoma
Medscape Medical News, June 4, 2016
ASCO In Pancreatic Cancer, a 'Step' Means a New Standard of Care
Medscape Medical News, June 4, 2016
ASCO What's Hot at ASCO 2016?
Medscape Medical News, May 30, 2016
ASCO Palliative Care Bonus: Families Feel Better Too
Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2016
ASCO Transplant Still Best Up-front Option in Myeloma
Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2016
ASCO Big Difference in Colorectal Cancer on Right vs Left Side
Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2016
ASCO One Honest Researcher and More Talk of Cure for Melanoma
Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2016
ASCO Personalized Medicine Delivers Better Outcomes: More Proof
Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2016

News At A Glance

Monday at ASCO: Helping Patients to Help Themselves Lung cancer patients lived longer when they used a smartphone to report symptoms to a web-based application that triggered alerts to oncologists.
Medscape Medical News, June 6, 2016
Sunday at ASCO: Plenary Shows Progress in Myeloma Among the best clinical data selected for the plenary session is the CASTOR study, showing impressive progression-free survival in multiple myeloma.
Medscape Medical News, June 5, 2016
Saturday at ASCO: Liquid Biopsy Matches Tissue Biopsy The results from a 'liquid biopsy' measuring circulating tumor DNA in blood matched up to these from conventional tissue biopsies.
Medscape Medical News, June 4, 2016
Friday at ASCO: Glioma and Biosimilar Trastuzumab Among the news highlighted today is a study showing improved survival in patients with glioma and a biosimilar product for trastuzumab (Herceptin).
Medscape Medical News, June 3, 2016

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News and Views from ASCO 2016 Coverage of key advances and expert reactions as they happened at the meeting.

Medscape Oncology Perspectives

A New Oncology Target: The Heart
Kate Johnson
Should High-Risk Breast Cancer Patients Go Back on an AI?
Kathy D. Miller, MD; Hyman B. Muss, MD
Biosimilars: Can They Be Trusted?
David J. Kerr, CBE, MD, DSc, FRCP, FMedSci; Håkan S.T. Mellstedt, MD, PhD
Less Treatment for More Benefit in Breast Cancer?
Kate Johnson
Psychotropic Drugs for Woes of Surviving Testicular Cancer
Roxanne Nelson, BSN, RN
Important Cancer Updates for Primary Care Physicians
Robert H. Carlson, MBA
Are Liquid Biopsies Ready for Prime Time in Advanced Lung Cancer?
H. Jack West, MD
Genomics in Clinical Practice: Expanding Access to Genetic Services
Kate M. O'Rourke
Vitamin D: A New Intervention for Melanoma?
Kathy D. Miller, MD; Jeffrey E. Lee, MD
Genomics Project Heralds Democratization of Cancer Research
Lidia Schapira, MD
Genomics in Clinical Practice, Part 2: Expect the Unexpected
Kate M. O'Rourke
Counting Colorectal Tumors During Flights to Asia
David J. Kerr, CBE, MD, DSc, FRCP, FMedSci; Alan P. Venook, MD
Genomics in Clinical Practice: The Rise of Multiplex Gene Testing
Kate M. O'Rourke
'Major Changes Ahead': Reimbursement Tips From ASCO 2016
Cary A. Presant, MD
Will Real-World 'Bias' of Big Data Improve Cancer Care?
Kathy D. Miller, MD; Peter Yu, MD
#ASCO16: Hot Topics on Twitter
Tejas P. Desai, MD
Which Patient Is a Candidate for Immunotherapy?
Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD; Michael A. Postow, MD
Immunotherapy 'Plus': Adding Radiation and Chemo to Immune Therapies
Robert H. Carlson, MBA
Oncology and Politics: How Long Will the Honeymoon Last?
Brandon G. Smaglo, MD
Cancer Moonshot: We Have Liftoff
Roxanne Nelson, BSN, RN
Trastuzumab Biosimilar: An Understudy Waits in the Wings
Kathy D. Miller, MD; Hope S. Rugo, MD
Emerging Therapies for Metastatic Breast Cancer
Linda Brookes, MSc
Cabozantinib a Possible New Standard in Second-line Metastatic RCC
David L. Graham, MD
ASCO Takeaways: Myeloma
Joseph Mikhael, MD, MEd
'Think Different' About Clinical Cancer Research
David L. Graham, MD
Can Guidelines Spur Awareness, Political Action in Metastatic Breast Cancer?
Kathy D. Miller, MD; Fatima Cardoso, MD
Tumor 'Profiling' Takes on New Significance in GI Cancer
Brandon G. Smaglo, MD
ASCO Takeaways: Business of Medicine
Cary A. Presant, MD
Can Anthracyclines Be Withheld in High-Risk HER2- Breast Cancer?
Kevin Kalinsky, MD, MS; Kathy D. Miller, MD

Pre-Meeting Expert Commentaries

Antibody-Drug Conjugates, Targeted Therapies Lead Lung Cancer Data
Mark G. Kris, MD
Lung Cancer Sessions Focus on Immunotherapy, Genomics
Mark G. Kris, MD
What to Watch in Gynecologic Cancer
Maurie Markman, MD
Findings From NEMO, and Other Melanoma Highlights
Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD
The Two-Sided Issue of Colorectal Cancer
David J. Kerr, CBE, MD, DSc, FRCP, FMedSci
What's Hot in Hematologic Malignancies
Bruce D. Cheson, MD
What to Watch for in Genitourinary Cancers
David Graham, MD
Breast Cancer: Big Questions Answered?
Kathy D. Miller, MD
Awesome Tips for Navigating ASCO and Chicago
Sheetal Kircher, MD
Bread Comas and Other Not-to-Miss Chicago Treats
Kathy D. Miller, MD

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